KRG’s Creaking Political Edifices Struggling To Cope With Referendum Fallout

Iraqi Kurdistan’s political scene has been dominated by two parties for more than 40 years, but the fallout from September’s pyrrhic victory threatens each entity.

September 2017’s referendum on Kurdistan’s independence provoked a fierce response from Baghdad which has decimated the region’s already-struggling economy and damaged the standing of its two dominant political parties.

December saw a wave of protests rock the region, primarily focused in the...